A Michigan Medicine study finds people who participate in cardiac rehabilitation have a decreased risk of death years after surgery, with a trend towards better outcomes in patients who attend more sessions.

Researchers discover new opportunities for preventing kidney injury following cardiac surgery.

A patient with severe aortic stenosis receives a specialized surgery to save his life at Michigan Medicine.

A group of students from Detroit’s Cody High School spent a week immersed in the world of cardiovascular medicine and science, learning about possible careers and shadowing experts at University of Michigan Health’s Frankel Cardiovascular Center. The Careers in Cardiovascular Science and Medicine Program began began in 2022.

As the number of heart transplants performed across the United States continues to grow, surgeons at the U-M Health are taking advantage of technology that could increase its transplant yield by as much as 30%. Transplant surgeons in Ann Arbor completed the health system’s first heart transplant using an organ from a donor who had recently died — a process called donation after circulatory death, or DCD.

The University of Michigan Regents approved 14 Department of Anesthesiology faculty promotions during their May 2023 meeting. Promotions will go into effect September 1.

The project will be the largest postsurgical pain genetics study to date.

How can patients heal from chronic pain? Daniel Clauw, M.D., and Kevin Boehnke, Ph.D., provide insights in this New York Times opinion piece(link is external) from Nicholas Kristof.

IAC accreditation is a “seal of approval” and indicator to patients of consistent quality care and a dedication to continuous improvement.

Is there a common path to the psychedelic experience?

Surgeons in Zambia completed the country’s first total aortic arch replacement – guided by a team from University of Michigan Health. The six-person surgical team traveled from Ann Arbor to Africa in late February to co-lead this case and several others at National Heart Hospital, a government-established, 120-bed facility in Lusaka, Zambia.

A Michigan Medicine study finds that Black and socioeconomically disadvantaged patients with a common vascular disease have more severe symptoms before bypass surgery – and are at greater risk for amputation and other complications after the procedure.

Congratulations to our Michigan Anesthesiology residents and fellows who participated in the Midwest Anesthesia Residents Conference (MARC) this past weekend. The annual conference — the largest of its kind — brought together nearly 700 residents from across the country to present unique and medically complex cases.